The role of autophagy during the oocyte-to-embryo transition

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After fertilization, the maternal proteins stored in oocytes are degraded and new proteins encoded by the zygotic genome are synthesized. Although several proteins are degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, the mechanism underlying the dynamic protein turnover during this process remains largely unknown. We recently reported that autophagy plays a critical role during preimplantation embryonic development....

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